strong name

Specifying the name of the file or container that contains the key pair to use when signing the assembly with a strong name.

Class with the name of the file containing the key pair to generate a strong name for the assembly being attributed.

Before you add an assembly to security policy, you must give it a strong name and put it in the global assembly cache.

three attributes , together with a strong name if applicable , determine the identity of an assembly : name , version , and culture.

A strong name token is the shortened form of a public key used to save space when storing key information in metadata.

When using both a strong name and a signing tool signature on an assembly, the strong name must be assigned first.

Specifies the name of a file containing the key pair used to generate a strong name.

There can be only one primary interop assembly, which must be signed with a strong name by the publisher of the COM type library.

If any one of your assemblies that you added have a strong name, you might have to re-sign these assemblies.

This topic discusses how you can sign your assembly, often referred to as giving your assembly a strong name.

A strong name can ensure that no one can produce a subsequent version of your assembly.

Specifies the name of a key container within the CSP containing the key pair used to generate a strong name.

Gets the name of the file containing the key pair used to generate a strong name for the attributed assembly.

Only the library vendor can produce a primary interop assembly , which is signed by the publisher with a strong name .

In combination, these fields produce a strong name to identify an assembly.

You can sign an assembly in two different but complementary ways : with a strong name or using either the .

Specifies all the hash algorithms used for hashing files and for generating the strong name.

If you package your custom control as an assembly, sign the assembly with a strong name.

Signing an assembly with a strong name adds a public key encryption to the file containing the assembly manifest.

Before your library can be shared through the global assembly cache or used as a downloaded component, you must create a strong name.

This same key may also be used to assign a strong name to your assemblies.

Libraries must be signed with a strong name in order to be shared by multiple applications.

This disables strong- name verification, for the specified assembly only, on the computer on which you run the command .

Signs the resulting control with a strong name using the public key found in the file specified by filename.

But if the assembly you are testing was signed with a strong name, the code modification caused by instrumentation invalidates its signing.

You can use strong name attributes to set a strong name for an assembly.

For additional information, see Signing an Assembly with a Strong Name.

You do not have to generate a new cryptographic key pair for every assembly you want to give a strong name.

This method returns the last COM error code set by one of the strong name functions.

This assembly must be signed with a strong name.

A full assembly reference includes the assembly's text name, version, culture, and public key token (if the assembly has a strong name).

The assembly must be signed with a strong name.

Be signed with a strong name using standard public key cryptography.

Strong-name signed assemblies are not supported now. They would have to be re-signed after having been profiled.

The following scenario outlines the process of signing an assembly with a strong name and later referencing it by that name.

This file must be signed with a strong name.

Gets the name of the container having the key pair that is used to generate a strong name for the attributed assembly.

For more information, see Signing an Assembly with a Strong Name.

Specifies a key container name for a key pair to give an assembly a strong name.

Specifies to Tlbimp. Exe to sign the resulting assembly with a strong name using delayed signing.

Allows you to use strong-name signing to sign application and deployment manifests, and also to sign your assembly.

Specifies the strong name used for the generated assemblies.

Strong-name signing, or strong-naming, gives a software component a globally unique identity that cannot be spoofed by someone else.

A dynamic assembly can be given a strong name using partial signing or full signing.

A Boolean value indicating whether the assembly identity is a strong name.

If the assembly has a strong name, the code base setting can be anywhere on the local intranet or the Internet.

Where possible, use a strong name membership condition, a publisher membership condition, or the hash membership condition.

Containing the public portion of the key pair used to generate the strong name signature.

For a partially specified strong name, create an AssemblyName object using the default constructor and set the name and public key.

That contains the public portion of the key pair used to generate the strong name signature.

Specifies the path of a strong-name file from which to load the key pair.

You will create and assign a strong name to the assembly in the next steps.

For more information on strong name signing, see Signing an Assembly with a Strong Name.

Encapsulates access to a public or private key pair used to sign strong name assemblies.

Creates a strong name token from the specified assembly file, and returns the public key.

The compiler uses that key to sign the assembly with a strong name.

Gets the last error code that was raised by one of the strong name functions.

Gets the last error code that was raised by a strong name function.

Note that you must sign a primary interop assembly with a strong name.

The signing pane supports two methods of strong-naming: using a strong-name key file, or using a key provider.

The final task for this current example is to assign our assembly a strong name.

Assemblies can carry full Microsoft Authenticode signatures in addition to a strong name.

For more information, see How to: Sign an Assembly with a Strong Name or How to: Sign an Assembly (Visual Studio).

The assembly name includes the name, version, and strong name hash of the assembly.

Note that if you want to sign a file with both a strong name and an Authenticode digital signature you must assign the strong name first.

Key providers or certificate stores provide another means of securing your strong-name keys.

Returns whether the assembly identity is a strong name.

Generates a strong name signature for the specified assembly.

Specify ClickOnce certificate options, and provide strong name for your assembly.

The compiler inserts the public key into the assembly manifest and reserves space in the PE file for the full strong name signature.

Remember to turn off strong name validation while testing your delay signed assemblies!

An assembly must have a strong name to be installed in the global assembly cache.

You must either install the referenced assembly in another folder, or modify the assembly so that it has a strong name.

The key pair includes a public and private key , used to create strong- name signatures for assemblies .

You can sign an assembly with a strong name using the Strong Name Tool (Sn. Exe).

For task-based information on how to sign an assembly with a strong name, see Creating and Using Strong-Named Assemblies.

The strong name signature of an assembly consists of the text name, version, culture, and public key token.

A shared assembly must have a strong name and can be deployed in the global assembly cache.

So now that you have an assembly with a strong name, we return to the topic of registration.

Gets or sets the public key value of the strong name identity expressed as a hexadecimal string.

Is specified, the common language runtime header is not modified to indicate that the assembly is strong name signed.

Sign your code with a strong name. Apply the.

This would not only have a strong "name and shame" effect on the firms, but would also concentrate the states' efforts.

Describes how and why you sign an assembly with a strong name, and includes how-to topics.

You can ensure that a name is globally unique by signing an assembly with a strong name.

The public key from the publisher if the assembly has been given a strong name.

These means that they all have the same public key as part of their strong name and were signed by the same private key.

However, no level of trust is associated with a strong name.

Sign the assembly with a strong name.

Strong-name evidence can be incompatible across platforms and can impact applications.

Demonstrates using full signing to give a dynamic assembly a strong name.

The intersection of two identical strong name identity permissions is the same permission.

Specifies a file containing a key or key pair to give an assembly a strong name.

If the assembly has a strong name, a complete assembly name is required.

Creates a strong name token from the specified assembly file.

That specifies the last error generated by the strong name methods.

Delay-signs the assembly using only the public portion of the strong name key.

Specifically, strong name tokens are used in assembly references to refer to the dependent assembly.

Provides the strong name of a code assembly as evidence for policy evaluation.

The name of the file containing the strong name key.

The strong name of the type depends on your project.

A signed assembly is said to have a strong name.

Assign a strong name to your assembly.

Instrumenting a code-under- test assembly to enable the gathering of code coverage data also affects strong- name signing .

Specifies the path to the file that contains the strong name key container for the generated assemblies.

If your source project has strong name signing enabled, you will need to also enable signing for your test project.

To create a full strong name, create an AssemblyName object using the default constructor and set the Name and KeyPair.

A strong name is generally more secure than a URL as evidence.

Lists current settings for strong name verification on this computer.

Gets or sets the name of the strong name identity.

Determines whether the specified strong name is equal to the current strong name.

Class represents evidence of a unique, cryptographically strong name of a code assembly.

A boolean value indicating whether the strong name signature was verified.

Determines whether an assembly belongs to a code group by testing its strong name.

The name of the strong name key container.

You must have a cryptographic key pair to sign the assembly with a strong name.

Assembly has a strong name with a public key token, has the culture value for US English, and has a version number of 1. 0. 1234. 0.

That correspond to the options used by this tool, and similarly, to specify strong name keys.

In addition, you can use the strong name of a component as security evidence to establish a trust relationship between two components.

Assemblies deployed in the global assembly cache must have a strong name.

You must have a cryptographic key pair to sign an assembly with a strong name.

You want a strong name? How about The Hulk?

Most projects specify a strong name key file which doesn't exist in the package.

only callers with that strong name will pass the demand.

This is known as giving an assembly a strong name.

The following configuration examples omit the strong name information to concentrate on versioning.

You can use the Microsoft. NET Framework Strong Name Utility (sn. Exe) to discover the public key.

Extracts the strong name public key, assembly name, and version number from the specified assembly.

Determines whether two assemblies differ only by their strong name signatures.

The common language runtime verifies the strong name signature when the assembly is placed in the global assembly cache.

Explains how to give a strong name to a dynamic assembly.

Sets the default Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP) to use for strong name signing.

When you delay sign an assembly, you reserve space in the file for the strong name signature at build time.

How to: Sign an Assembly with a Strong Name.

See Strong Name Assemblies (Assembly Signing) and Delay Signing an Assembly for more information on signing an assembly.

In Visual Studio, you strong-name an application or component using the Signing pane of the Project Designer.

Assigning the Authenticode signature first breaks the strong name.

Use this wizard to identify an application by publisher or strong name information and increase the application's level of trust.

Initializes a new instance of the StrongName class with the strong name public key blob, name, and version.

The strong naming API enables a client to administer strong name signing for assemblies.

This rule retrieves and verifies the strong name of an assembly.

The strong name protects clients from unknowingly loading an assembly that has been tampered with.

If you have not already generated a strong name key file, use the following procedure to generate this key file.

A hexadecimal value that specifies the strong name of the assembly.

Documentation for information on how to assign a strong name to the wrapper assembly.

The token is a part of the strong name for the assembly.

Returns the size of the strong name signature.

Generates a new public-private key pair with the specified key size, for strong name use.

Once you create the key pair, you must put the file where the strong name signing tools can find it.

ICTCLAS algorithm, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the strong name recognition.

Client application identified by strong name.

Each assembly was opened to verify the assembly name, and the strong name was validated.

The version number of the strong name.

For more information, see Strong Name Tool (Sn. Exe) and Global Assembly Cache Tool (Gacutil. Exe).

Using assembly attributes to insert the strong name information in your code.

Deletes the specified key container from the strong name CSP.

If you have not already created a strong name key file, generate the key file using the following instructions.

Gets or sets the version of the strong name identity.

The simple name section of the strong name.

If you load your assembly into the GAC, you must provide the strong name properties.

For more information, see the -p option of Sn. Exe in Strong Name Tool (Sn. Exe).

Verifies the strong name in assembly.

The key container resides in the strong name CSP.

Demonstrates step-by-step how to remove the default permissions granted during project creation and add permissions based on strong name.

Credentials such as the origin or the strong name of the assembly determine assembly identity.

The Version of the strong name.

See definition for strong name.

The strong name signing always uses the SHA1 hash algorithm.

Now add a new code group to grant full trust to the assembly based on the strong name.

Verifies the strong name in.

After you have a strong name key file, you can build the sample using the following procedure.

For example, you can demand that your callers have a specific strong name; only callers with that strong name will pass the demand.

In SQL Server 2005, the strong name of the Notification Services assembly has changed.

If the attribute is a strong name, it behaves as if this metadata had a value of

Assembly name is the name of the assembly to sign with a strong name,

Libraries that are private to a specific application do not require a strong name or the

Assembly A is created with a strong name using one of the following methods

It means that building your solution will produce a compiler error unless you correctly enable strong-name signing

frees memory allocated with a previous call to a strong name method

A strong name is stored in the file containing the assembly manifest, but a signature created using the

To sign an assembly with a strong name using attributes

When signing an assembly with a strong name, the,

However, no level of trust is associated with a strong name, which makes the

Now that the assembly has a strong name, you need to determine the strong name of the listener so that

Create an assembly with a strong name

To sign an assembly with a strong name

For more information about giving an assembly a strong name, see

Must have a strong name to be installed globally

how to sign an assembly with a strong name & how to create a pair key

For task-based information on how to sign an assembly with a strong name, see

With a strong name using the key file

A strong name consists of the following

To generate a strong name key file

Most of the strong name methods return a simple

Strong-Name Signing for Managed Applications

The cryptographic strong name of the assembly

How to: Use Full Signing to Give a Dynamic Assembly a Strong Name

Compile the provider example code and assign to the resulting assembly the strong-name key using the following command

To create a strong name

To create a signature file follow the steps at Strong Name Tool (Sn. Exe)

With the strong name, you can add the listener to the

The resulting assembly will have a strong name based on the provided key file and will precompile according to the provided

How To Assign a Strong Name

Granting Trust Based on Strong Name